Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-25
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ED. STANDARD:

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ED. STANDARD:
In your paper two weeks ago, l tried
to demonstrate two propositions: Ist,
that the abuse of the Judges of our
Supreme Court for their conduct in
the Harlan VS.. the Territory case. was
uncalled for and wrong; and I'd. that
the duties of government should not
be devolved upon women. | wrote
without intending to attach much inn
portance to the writer, nor to give his
opinions, but to give logic for what it
was worth. In the whole article there
are Just three references to myself, lust
three Is. What WAS my surprise
therefore, upon picking up your paper
last week, to find nearly column and
a half Of harmless TRADE heaped upon
one devoted head. Three gluliators
q don't find radiators in the diction-
ary) enter the arena, and i'll true pu-
gilistic style. start in to put what you
call mansard roof" over those three
Is. In the space of less than col
umn and half the writer of the former
article is referred to no less than fifty
seren times. / think that there can
he no question but that he is squelrhed
unless he is led by his superior con
ceit" to exclaim, Verify this is Il Dan
iel" come to be judged!
But seriously, as to the propositions
in the former letter. Although tho
first proposition cannot be questioned
logically, yet | was somewhat disap
pointed that no one ventured todls
cuSs the second one, in last weeks pa
per, not that | thought my articl,
worthy OF reply, but the suggestions
therein being naturally before the pub
lie, it Was at least an opportunity fol
those who might wish, to discuss the
subject matter without 0btrudins
themselves before the public.
Although the real essence of thu
former article was entirely ignored b,
the writers last week, yet the two las
l will briefly refer to. In the article
signed Harriet l.. Inman," a strange
to me but none the less respected OF
| that account, the writer construes tn,
sentence that "the decision of the Su
preme Court will never be overruled'
to mean that woman suffrage will
never be the law of the Territory. Sucl
however is not the meaning of thos,
words. The Court decided that in thu
year 1856 female suffrage had no eX
istence here, but Congress may enac
woman suffrage for us any day, and 81
may our legislature at any future SEES
sion.
In glancing at the other article, il
which the writer hides herself behint
a mythical" II. B. NJ" although it ap
pears to have been written by on,
whom the Gods have first made mad
and is foreign to our subject. strict.
speaking, wish to touch upon ont
matter, her definition Of womanly wo
man, and the sentence "Women hav,
done all they could without the ballot.
l wish that / could say that men ha,
done all that they could with the bal
lot, for as | said before, if they had
We would hear no more about wOmei
worthy of the name wanting the bal
lot; but, ooh! superior conceitW j
it possible that woman has done al
she can do without the ballot? If tina
is true, woman is as much below m,
conception of a true woman rs tn
brute is below the ideal man of TIN
millennium; but it is not true. 1t ma,
be true OF n certain class of women
but let us hope that that class is small
for the world will never be the bette
for their existence here. -
The good and evil of society is moth
ing more or less than the exemplifica
ton of the character of the individuals
while there is nothing better settlet
as rule of political economy thar
that government and laws make NJ
one better; therefore the human rae,
will only improve as the character o
the individual is improved The evil
complained of are the fruit of charac
ter. Is it possible that any substantial
good to the character is to come iron
the interposition of governmental try
ing to prevent character from bearin!
it's fruit? And yet that seems to b.
the way in which some people inten,
to improve character. We'll, it is Ger
tainly on a par with answering news
paper article by trying to annihilat
the writer. If womans work is done
an unfortunate race of human being
are we; for when women lay down tn
work of the upbuilding Of character, o
undertake to replace it by government
tai functions, then will the improve
ment of the human family end. Trul.
the work of women requires ever
greater intelligence than the responsi
bilities of government require of men.
CBAs. H. AVER.